Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Just one sentence will not manage it, but it is one point. It is the response that Mr. O'Brien gave earlier to my question on the HSE's efforts to close down the "Prime Time" investigation programme. I am reliably informed that every effort was employed by HSE representatives to dissuade the RTE investigation unit from proceeding with its planned programme. HSE voices claimed that nothing untoward had happened. They claimed further that there was nothing unusual whatsoever in the baby death or deaths that had taken place. They attempted to emphasise the normalcy of such child deaths.

Any participation by the HSE in the programme is described to me as reluctant and against a backdrop of persistent discouragement. There may not be a paper trail, but I am told that everything imaginable was employed by these HSE voices to secure a suppression of the programme. If Mr. O'Brien is unaware of that, I would ask him, among all the other things he has undertaken to investigate, to do so in this matter as well. If anyone doubts the veracity of this, it can be verified through appropriate enquiries.